chuck
At 03:21 PM 12/19/99 +0100, wytze wrote:
>Synergistic effects and advantages of the "invention" as described in
>patent WO9935913.
>
>"In particular, it has been found, surprisingly, that within the scope
>of invention the pesticidal activity of a nitroimino- or
>nitroguanidino-compound in combination with the effect expressed by the
>transgenic useful plant, is not only additive in comparison with the
>pesticidal activities of the nitroimino- or nitroguanidino- compound
>alone and of the transgenic useful plant alone, as can generally be
>expected, but that a synergistic effect is present. The term
>"synergistic", however, is in no way to be understood in this connection
>as being restricted to the pesticidal activity, but the term also refers
>to other advantageous properties of the method according to the
>invention compared with the nitroimino- or nitroguanidino-compound and
>the transgenic useful plant alone.
>Examples of such advantageous properties which may be mentioned are:
>-extension of the pesticidal spectrum of action to other pests, for
>example to resistant strains;
>-reduction in the application rate of the nitroimino- or
>nitroguanidino-compound, or sufficient control of the pests with the aid
>of the compositions according to the invention even at an application
>rate of the nitroimino- or nitroguanidino-compound alone and the
>transgenic useful plant alone are entirely ineffective;
>-enhanced crop safety;
>-improved quality of produce such as higher content of nutrient or oil,
>better fiber quality, enhanced shelf life, reduced content of toxic
>products such as mycotoxins, reduced content of residues or unfavorable
>constituents of any kind or better digestability;
>-improved tolerance to unfavorable temperatures, draughts or salt
>content of water;
>-enhanced assimilation rates such as nutrient uptake and photosynthesis;
>
>-favorable crop properties such as altered leaf aerea, reduced
>vegetative growth, increased yields, favorable seedshape/seedthickness
>or germinisation properties, altered colonialisation by saprophytes or
>epiphytes, reduction of senescence, improved phytoalexin production,
>improved or accelerated ripening, flower set increase, reduced boll fall
>and shattering, better attraction to beneficials and predators,
>increased pollination, reduced attraction to birds; or other advantages
>known to those skilled in the art"
>
>I will check some of the details of the patent again, especially the
>part that mentions a reduction rate of 40-50%!
>Wytze
>
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